Except then everyone has to suffer for the stupidity of few, and emergency vehicles can’t got faster in an emergency…
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? You’ve never seen a cop park right over a little dip in the road at the bottom of a hill right where the limit changes?
I’ve never seen stupider argument than I have with these speed camera debates. Read the speed limit sign, look at your speed, follow that speed. I’d prefer your careless ass get a ticket in the mail from a camera than pay a dumb cop to sit there all day letting his buddies and “important” people go while giving everyone else a hard time.
I don’t. All tools can be abused.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•'Chimp Crazy' star Tonia Haddix arrested as authorities find another secret chimp in her homeEnglish5·2 days agoSo what is HBOs liability in all this? I started my original comment with “why aren’t the producers all the way down to the camera OPs not being charged with somethng?” But then… This situation is bullshit but real journalists need incentives to seek out serious crime, and need to be able to record and report on it…
But then if she was keeping a human prisoner, obviously that wouldn’t fly…
Where is the line? At what point does (“should”, I know this will never happen) HBO get all their profits seized and rights to the doc taken away?
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•US tech CEO resigns after Coldplay concert embrace goes viral6·7 days agoMostly true. Depends on the structure of the company I’d imagine. Pretending shit works like it’s written in the rule book and not exactly what you just said (won’t get involved cause he is boss) HR would absolutely bring this to the board of directors as it jeopardizes the company’s bottom line. And we all know Money is the real boss.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•US tech CEO resigns after Coldplay concert embrace goes viral48·7 days agoIt’s not the cheating. It’s the “porking your HR lady” part that’s a problem for companies who dont want to get sued.
I haven’t read to many articles on the matter but for all we know hr lady does not like him at all but wanted to keep/get that job and now she is stuck in an abusive relationship. Can’t share with her partner cause yeah… And can’t get HR to step in cause… Yeah.
No evidence that is the case but that’s why we should fire CEOs who date their underlings. You are right we should absolutely not be firing people for not abiding a religious/social contract that has nothing to do with their job.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•US tech CEO resigns after Coldplay concert embrace goes viral50·7 days agoI’ve seen this response a ton and I think that’s exactly correct, but I can’t imagine the anxiety in the hours, day and weeks after. Just waiting and wondering if anyone recognised you, if anyone had a recording/proof. Then after a few months under the radar I might not be a complete train wreck.
But then what if Coldplay puts out a Netflix special or something, then I’d have to wait and wait until it came out and then watch it and see if that moment makes it into the recording… And if it does? Now I’m just waiting for some random friend of a friend to watch it and go “hang on…”
I think I’d rather this timeline, if I was that idot.
Probably why I’d never cheat on my partner, especially at a huge public gathering, when the person I’m cheating with is an employee and I’m the fucking CEO and could lose my job over it.
Thankfully this man will certainly continue to fail up, and as soon as this news quiets down he’ll get hired by some other goon just like him to some other lucrative job where you just have to be an asshole a few times a week and otherwise the money will roll right in.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto Tech@programming.dev•Netflix used AI in a hit show and didn't tell anyone until now4·9 days agoIf “less affluent film markets” use AI, where are the artists going to get their first shot? How will they learn and hone their craft if not in the industry as lower paid talent on lower budget stuff? Just work for free for years and then Disney will start raining money on you eventually? (note: this will not happen)
I don’t know what to do about AI. It’s not even AI that is a problem. It’s capitalism. It’s corporations slashing every tiny expense to maximize profits for the shareholders. If they could just pretend that us film crews were actually valuable, treated us like shareholders, we could have a bigger piece of the pie and they could have better media, but then they’d have slightly less money so…
Oh well.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Trump slams his own supporters as 'weaklings' for falling for what he now calls the Epstein 'hoax'8·11 days agoIt feels like a recent development too… But then I’m not on twitter or truth social so it could just be I didn’t notice until recently.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Farm worker dies a day after chaotic immigration raid at California farm37·15 days agoWhy isn’t the farm owner under arrest? They claim they don’t hire illegal immigrants. So is Ice arresting and reporting legal temporary workers, legal American citizens, or is this employer just flouting the law?
if this whole thing were actually about stopping foreign illegal workers, it would be quite easy to just arrest the bosses of any company found to be using them. 1 year in jail and a $2000 for ever worker found to be without proper paperwork. Give the workers half the fine money and a bus ticket back with a warning and put them on a list. They probably deserve more for the abuse they had to tolerate so their American boss could make their money.
Again, if the intention is as we are being told. It’s harsh but fair for everyone involved.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•Trump’s 22-year-old DHS director has ‘one foot in the Grave’ as past trouble resurfaces1·16 days agoInternet! I Choose Yoooou!!!
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Danielle Smith says Canada is punching Alberta in the face6·16 days agoWhere is that meme with the person with a boot on their face and then zoomed out its their own hand in the boot they are staging the pic?
This is that.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Man, 24, drowns in nine inches of water in 'freak paddling pool accident'English9·17 days agoCan’t wait for the article “Selfish asshole kills 8 year old rushing to hospital to pretend saying “goodbye” to a brain dead warm body counts for anything.”
Reading comprehension is also low, it says the police escorted them to the hospital. So enjoy your psychotic fantasy of checks notes running red lights and driving on the curb to get to your already brain-dead son. We can all collectively hope you never have an excuse to be so reckless, and if you do, you are the only one who has to suffer for it.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•The U.S. boycott remains strong. Why many Canadians are digging in their heels | CBC News32·17 days agoJust got a quote for new ac and furnace installation. They sent the quote with both units being American made. I asked them if they can quote with non-US products. If they can’t, I’ll try another company…
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK that apart from not having a car and voting, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat.1·17 days agoWell if that was the first mistake in my comment, seeing how it’s the last thing I said, then I think I rest my case.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK that apart from not having a car and voting, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat.6·17 days agoAnd notice it’s the woman who is the centre of this made up problem. Not the dads. Not the poverty, not the system or lack of access to birth control options… Wonder why he didn’t bring up the Nazi billionaire with his hareem he keeps in his million dollar compound…
No it’s the loose woman in a trailer park.
You can have honest and valid concerns about overpopulation. But you aren’t going to get any respect from me if it comes out of your mouth like that.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Canadian company GardaWorld built Alligator Auschwitz2·22 days agoThank you for taking the time. I think I was just pigeon-holeing myself in regards to this exact situation and how silly I found it that people were happy to blame Carney specifically within hours of a story (about a private company doing evil) getting published, literally less than a few weeks totally of them specifically doing this particular evil.
I agree with “the government as a whole institution is to blame.” For having this type of private business at all.
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto Canada@lemmy.ca•Canadian company GardaWorld built Alligator Auschwitz2·22 days agoI don’t mean to be obtuse, I just really am not sure what you are telling me. Are you saying the Prime Minister (Carney, Trudeau, Harper, earlier?) should have already shut them down?
Chip_Rat@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•Lorde’s new CD is so transparent that stereos can’t even read it3·23 days agoOh boy oh boy oh boy.
Forgive me if you thought I was pointing at you specifically. I’m pointing at idiots who make all these stupid and childish arguments, in this thread, but in every Lemmy post about speed cameras.
The real problem is people incapable of adhering to societal rules. The real problem is children in adult clothes getting mad when they actually get in trouble for breaking rules. “Oh why dont they just redesign the whole town to make that impossible?!?! What if someone hacks the speed camera and gives innocent people a ticket!!!Why must I read and obey the speed limit??? Oh the injustice!”
Speed cameras are inexpensive, they are not prejudiced, and they work. They cause no trouble to anyone obeying the limit and send a ticket to those who do. To everyone who also argues about fines being legal for the rich, yeah, that’s bullshit. Solve THAT problem. I’m all for it.